Kanj 2010: Sapporo Snow Festival

The Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり Sapporo Yuki-matsuri?) is a famous festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan over seven days in February. Currently, Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome are the main sites of the festival. The 2012 Yuki-matsuri dates are February 6 to 12.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo_Snow_Festival

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097133/Thats-ice-work-The-stunning-pictures-exquisite-ice-sculptures-Japans-extraordinary-annual-snow-festival.html?ITO=1490

That's ice work: The stunning pictures of the exquisite ice sculptures in Japan's extraordinary annual snow festival

Millions of spectators flock to view the temporary ice city which springs up during the annual snow festival in Sapporo, Japan.

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The main places to see the ice and snow sculptures are: Odori Park, Tsudome Community Dome and Susukino - the main entertainment area of Sapporo, south of Sapporo Station. This year's sculptures include a vast Taj Mahal, an ice National Palace Museum from Taiwan and Tsuruga Castle from Fukushima prefecture.

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The Sapporo Snow Festival started on Monday and will run until 12th February this year. This is the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival.

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That's such an interesting, wintery event.

2012さっぽろ雪まつり・大通会場Sapporo Snow Festival

youtube.com – 「第６３回さっぽろ雪まつり」が2月６日～12日まで開かれる。大雪像「会津鶴ヶ城」初め、東日本大震災被災地を応援激励する様々な企画が組まれている。

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The Sapporo Snow Festival started on Monday and will run until 12th February this year. This is the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival.

「第６３回さっぽろ雪まつり」が2月６日～12日まで開かれる。大雪像「会津鶴ヶ城」初め、東日本大震災被災地を応援激励する様々な企画が組まれている。

http://japanvisitor.blogspot.com/2012/02/sapporo-snow-festival-2012.html

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This year's Sapporo Snow Festival was a success. However, there was one unfortunate incident that injured a 61 year old woman.

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"Turning just 20% of Japan’s unused rice paddies (260,000 acres) into solar farms would replace all 50 million kilowatts of energy generated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company."

I could not be more pleased with that.

http://allgreeninfo.com/japan-will-generate-electricity-by-turning-unused-rice-paddies-into-solar-farms/

Japan Will Generate Electricity by Turning Unused Rice Paddies into Solar Farms | The Green Blog

Softbank Corporation President Masayoshi Son is rolling out a plan to turn Japan’s 1.3 million acres of unused rice paddies ...

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Mount Io in Hokkaido

硫黄山 Iouzan (Mount Io) is a volcano with steam constantly seeping through its cracks. It also has a huge deposit of sulfur,

http://kawaiikiwi.blogspot.com/2009/07/japan-43-mount-io.html

かわいい Kiwi: Japan 43: 硫黄山 Mount Io

Location: 北海道川上郡 Kawakami, Hokkaido Date: June 27, 2009. 硫黄山 Iouzan (Mount Io) is a volcano with steam constantly seeping through its cracks. It also has a huge deposit of sulfur, which is 硫黄 iou in J...

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The diameter of Mt Fuji's crater is 800m across and 200m deep

http://www.tctour.co.jp/guide/fuji/fuji.html

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http://blog.asiahotels.com/top-3-mountains-of-japan/

Top 3 Mountains of Japan

One of the three Greats of Japans, Mount Fuji, Mount Haku and Mount Tate are the top three great mountains in Japan.

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Brilliant !!!!
Mount Fuji (富士山 Fuji-san)
It is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" (三霊山 Sanreizan) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku.

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金時山(Mt.Kintoki)（写真 3 枚）

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This is the first time I saw this African Bird "Shoebill" or hashibirokou in japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoebill
http://paraparadisezooeng.blog73.fc2.com/category15-20.html

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この鳥の名前はハシビロコウです。

The name of this bird is Hashibirokou.

2012.01（写真 10 枚）

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Ice climbing, I've never seen before. because no ice in Thailand but I can find mega-flood here. Ha Ha Ha.,]

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Ice Climbing in Akadakekousen.

2012.01.21
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赤岳鉱泉アイスクライミング(Ice Climbing in Akadakekousen.)（写真 5 枚）

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Are you laughing?

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You might like cats for companionship, but they are completely useless for security. They will sell you out for a pat on the head. :)

A pair of cats take over for the watch dog as they keep a lookout on the front yard of their owner's home in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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